[LM_NET] copyright

[Jo Reinmiller <Jo_Reinmiller@CDS.ED.CR>]

1.                               To all,


2.                               This is an excellent explanation of the
history of copyright.  We need to all remember that copyright was
originally intended to promote the wide distribution of ideas.  It had
nothing to do with preventing plagiarism or financially rewarding the
creator.


3.                               


4.                              Internet Archive: Details: Karl Fogel:
History of copyright and its implications for implications for the
ownership of information today
<http://www.archive.org/details/KarlFogel_chalktalk>  


Stanford University Library's Technology Chalk Talk on October 19, 2006
featured Karl Fogel discussing the history of copyright, and its
implications for the ownership of information today.

 

Jo Reinmiller

Jo_reinmiller@cds.ed.cr

Country Day School Librarian

Costa Rica


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